Unfortunately, our picture expert is out of town this week, so there will once again be a delay before the picture hint is posted.

This week’s puzzle:

One man is accused of being a poisoner and sends an old man to a dark death, and another man gives poison to a child and defiles a corpse. One man spoils his best friend’s chances for love, and another man gets relationship advice from someone that people almost never listen to.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man is freed from imprisonment only to be immediately recaptured and sentenced to death. He escapes, but he is captured twice more, once because his best friend lacks self-control and once because he is outsmarted by an old man.

And the answer is . . . ▼